# Conley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/conley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒnli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Conlee, Conly |
| US babies named this | 4,661 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,061 / 600 (13% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 6,195 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,307 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,528 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,064 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,786 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,030 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,413 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,858 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,680 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,942 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,897 |
| 2022 | 53 | 3,083 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,211 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,656 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,351 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 1,836 |
| 2012 | 72 | 1,965 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,231 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2,005 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1,934 |
| 2016 | 76 | 1,927 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,005 |
| 2018 | 53 | 2,450 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,317 |
| 2020 | 50 | 2,557 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2,444 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,301 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,113 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,318 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,521 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: كُونْلِي
- Armenian: Քոնլի
- Chinese: 康利
- Georgian: კონლი
- Greek: Κόνλεϋ
- Hebrew: קונלי
- Hindi: कॉन्ली
- Japanese: コンリー
- Korean: 콘리
- Latvian: Konlijs, Konlija
- Lithuanian: Konlėjus
- Russian: Ко́нли
- Ukrainian: Конлі

## People named Conley

- Jim Justice, American politician and entrepreneur (born 1951)
- Big Bill Broonzy, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1893–1958)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.